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You're listening to episode 354 of Jimmy Akin's mysterious world, where we look at mysteries from the twin perspectives of faith and reason.

I'm Dom Betanelli, and I'm joined today by Jimmy Aiken.

Hey, Jimmy.

How did Dom? This is a special bonus episode that we

recorded to thank our patrons at patreon.com slash StarQuest with their generosity in making this and

all our shows at StarQuest possible. We gave them early exclusive access, but now we're sharing it

with you to show you one of the

benefits of being a patron. Jimmy, what topics will you be covering today? I noticed that in a

recent batch of patrons questions, a lot of patrons asked questions on behalf of their children,

and there were really a surprising number of these. So I decided to gather them together and do an episode focused on them.

So we're going to be answering the children's questions first and then round out the hour

with additional questions from adult patrons depending on how much time we have. As a result,

we're going to be taking questions on subjects like, would Santa go to heaven,

whether the future exists, quote, unquote, now?

What if the Pope and all the bishops and priests died suddenly?

Would taken away someone's immortality be equivalent to murder?

Was St. Dismos, the first person in purgatory? Did

Rasputin have paranormal powers? Who killed Martin Luther King Jr.? Those are just the ones children

want to know about. And we're, depending on the length, we'll likely have more.

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